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AVOCRT. 



SCOOPEK. COMMON AVOCET. 



SCOOPING AVOCET, CROOKED-KILL. YEl.PEPv. 



CORBLER's-AWL DUCK. 



PLATE CLXIX. FIG. II. 



Securvirostra avocetta, . . . Fleming. Selbt. 

 Recurvirostra avosetta, . . . Pennant. Montagu. 



The nest of this species is said to be made in a 

 hollow on some dry spot in a marsh, or on the bank, 

 just above high-water mark, among the short grass, or 

 other marine vegetation. It is lined with a little of 

 those materials. 



The eggs are described as being usually two, but 

 sometimes three or four in number, brown or greenish 

 white, spotted and speckled with black. The young 

 are hatched in eighteen days, and leave the nest 

 almost immediately. If chased, they hide themselves, 

 with much success, among the scanty cover. 



The figure on the plate is from an e^g forwarded 

 by J. R. De Capel ^yise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford. 



